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Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone / Fiona French.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.F8887 An 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- French, Fiona, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tales.
- Anansi (Legendary character)--Juvenile fiction.
- Anansi (Legendary character).
- Competition--Juvenile fiction.
- Competition.
- Clothing and dress--Juvenile fiction.
- Clothing and dress.
- Confidence--Juvenile fiction.
- Confidence.
- Laughter--Juvenile fiction.
- Laughter.
- Marriage--Juvenile fiction.
- Marriage.
- Magic--Juvenile fiction.
- Magic.
- Animals--Juvenile fiction.
- Animals.
- Tricksters--Juvenile fiction.
- Tricksters.
- Skeleton--Juvenile fiction.
- Skeleton.
- Caribbean Area--Juvenile fiction.
- Caribbean Area.
- Anansi (Legendary character)--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Folk tales -- 1991.
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 1991.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- [28] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- 1st North American edition.
- Other Title:
- Anancy and Mister Dry-Bone
- Place of Publication:
- Boston ; Toronto ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 1991.
- Summary:
- Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone attempt to win the hand of the beautiful Miss Louise by making her laugh.
- Notes:
- Fiona French was born June 27, 1944 in Bath, England. She attended art college in Croydon, concentrating on painting, but she also studied photography, theater design, and sculpture. She lives in Norton, Norfolk, England.
- "Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone is an original story based on traditional characters from Caribbean and African folktales."
- Originally published in Great Britain in 1991 by Frances Lincoln Limited.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0316292982 :
- 9780316292986
- OCLC:
- 22240576
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